Famous Quotes from ...

Andre Gide

  • Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.... Andre Gide {view}
  • The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.... Andre Gide {view}
  • The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future -- are, more often than not, unconsidered.... Andre Gide {view}
  • Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death... Andre Gide {view}
  • The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations... Andre Gide {view}
  • It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.... Andre Gide {view}
  • The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.... Andre Gide {view}
  • It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labour of peace.... Andre Gide {view}